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Education
» Bookshelf
This section contains thematic lists of useful
poetry resources. All
are available from from the Scottish Poetry Library
via our free postal borrowing service to teachers, trainee teachers and
school librarians.
Book choices
The Thing That Mattered Most:
Scottish Poems For Children
edited by Julie Johnstone, with a preface by
Michael Morpurgo. Illustrations by Iain McIntosh
This is a lively and imaginative anthology from the Scottish Poetry
Library packed with brand new poems that will delight and inspire
young readers. A unique collection, it is the only book of poems
for children available by contemporary poets from Scotland, and
is the ideal way to discover today's rich variety of voices.
"they're great poems - I've loved reading every
one of them"
With playful illustrations by Iain McIntosh, an inspiring preface
by the former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, and bite-size
biographies of each poet, it's a delightful read.
Scottish Poetry Library / Black & White Publishing, 2006
ISBN 1845020952
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Our Thoughts Are Bees: Writers
Working In Schools
by Mandy Coe and Jean Sprackland,
with a foreword by Michael Morpurgo
This is an indispensable book for any teacher interested in finding
out how to go about inviting a writer to visit their school. It
gives advice on organising visits and residencies, on how to prepare
for the writer's visit, and how to get the best out of the visit
for all concerned.
A practical and inspiring book, full of useful information and
enlightening comments from teachers and writers. A very useful book
for the school bookshelf.
Wordplay Press, 2005
ISBN 0954963407
www.wordplaypress.com
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Scottish Poems
chosen by John Rice
A new pocket-size version of this lively and wide-ranging anthology
of Scottish poems old and new, the modern alongside the traditional.
You'll find poems from all corners of Scotland, and in all its three
languages.
A very handy book for dipping into the breadth and breath of Scottish
poetry, it is divided into themes of water and weather, land and
sky, islands and hinterlands, animals and nature, the magic of an
otherworld, songs and sadness, people and places, and lastly, yesterday,
today and tomorrow.
Macmillan Children's Books, 2001, 2005
ISBN 1405048867
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